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Chairman Kun-Hee Lee listed among World's Top 100 Influential People by TIME Apr 10, 2005
The fist time for a Korean businessman, Chairman Kun-Hee Lee of SAMSUNG Group was named by TIME magazine as one of the World's Top 100 Influential People.
TIME 100, published on April 10 local time, is the list of the most distinguished people in the world, compiled by TIME magazine's editors in the U.S., Europe, and Asia based on people recommended by the magazine's foreign correspondents.
The list of 100 people includes those who exerted the greatest influence upon the people's lives in six categories: Leaders and Revolutionaries, Artists and Entertainers, Entrepreneurs, Builders and Titans, Scientists and Thinkers, Heroes and Icons.
Chairman Kun-Hee Lee was named among the Builders and Titans, and TIME praised him for developing the once-unknown SAMSUNG to the level where it rivals SONY in the global household appliances industry. [TIME]
Key to SAMSUNG's success: Chairman's Leadership, Talented Staff, and Speed Feb 26, 2005
Japanese business weekly Toyo Keizai carried an in-depth report about the secrets of SAMSUNG's success in a 12-page special feature story about Korean conglomerates titled "Solving Mysteries of Charging Korean Wave Management," in its February 26th issue. The influential business magazine explained that the combination of Chairman Kun-Hee Lee's strong leadership, ceaseless investment in building talented human resources, and swift management process contributed to the success.
The article explained that SAMSUNG overcame the 1997 economic crisis by adhering to its strategy of choice and concentration on its core businesses, stressing that the strong leadership of Chairman Kun-Hee Lee, who had many sleepless nights during the crisis, should not be overlooked. [日 東洋經濟]
SAMSUNG selected by FORTUNE as 39th on World's Most Admired Companies in All Star List Feb 22, 2005
SAMSUNG is ranked 39th among FORTUNE Global All-Stars, which lists the World's top 50 Most Admired Companies rankings complied by the business magazine. It is the first time this has been achieved by a Korean company.
The 2005 Global All-Stars list was published on February 22, local time. FORTUNE compiles the list by collecting the opinions of CEOs and executives of leading global companies as well as business analysts in various industries. The prestigious list is not simply based on comparisons of a company's sales or market capitalization but the evaluation result of its overall business activities made by the panel of chief executives of world-class global companies and industry experts. [FORTUNE]
